Counselling after father kills 3 children in petrol-bombed house

The department of Social Development in Limpopo says counselling services are being provided to the family of three children who died in a petrol-bombed house in Ga-Masemola, located about 80km outside Polokwane this past Sunday.

It is alleged that a 33-year-old man who also died in the fire, set the house on fire after a heated argument with his 32-year-old partner , the mother of the children.

Departmental spokesperson Kanakana Mantshimuli says MEC Mapula Mokaba-Phukwana (pictured) is saddened by the incident and has urged community members to seek counselling when facing problems.

Mantshimuli says the biological father of the children will also receive counselling.